india next sport happening is common wealth games 2010

common wealth games 2010
The 2010 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held in Delhi, India between October 3 and October 14, 2010. With a population of over 15 million, Delhi is one of the largest cities in the world. This will be the largest multi-sport event conducted to date in Delhi and India generally, which has previously hosted the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982. The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi.

This is the first time the Commonwealth Games will be held in India, which will be the third developing country to host the event (after Jamaica in 1966 and Malaysia in 1998). This is the second time the event has been held in Asia (after 1998).

In January 2005, the Commonwealth Games Federation vice-president Randhir Singh expressed concern that Delhi was behind schedule in forming an organising committee. On 18 January 2008, however, the Commonwealth Games Federation expressed its approval of Delhi's progress.

In addition to the Commonwealth Games, the city of Pune, India will be hosting the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games between October 12 and 18, 2008. The Youth Games will offer nine sports: athletics, badminton, boxing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, tennis, weightlifting and wrestling.

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for more information go http://www.cwgdelhi2010.org/

overview of india at olympics

Abhinav Bindra with gold medal

Abhinav Bindra has won India's first-ever individual Olympic gold in the men's 10-metre Air Rifle event in Beijing. And he now hopes that his Olympic gold will change the face of sports in the country.

Bindra shot 104.5 to take his total to 700.5 in the final. In ten rounds, he shot 10.7, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.5, 10.5, 10.6, 10.0, 10.2, 10.8 to clinch the first berth. China's Qinan Zhu won silver while Finland's Henri Hakkinen won bronze.

As he wrote history, the 25-year-old was poise and grace personified, talking about his attaining Olympic immortality and its possible ramifications in a country that remains almost biased towards cricket

Sushil Kumar with bronze medal

Sushil Kumar's ability to grapple with the world's best was known only to the wrestling community till Wednesday when he surprised others by winning the bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics.

The Dilliwala will hope more Sushil Kumars will spring from the soil of Dilli in the years to come and win medals for the country, as the residents of Bapraula urged.

Vijender Kumar at semi finals(with bronze medal)

Vijender Kumar's defeat in the semifinal of the middleweight boxing event in Beijing did hurt Vijender and his fans alike but at the same time he made a billion hearts swell with pride, as he became the first Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal.

His achievement became all the more special as for the first time that India won three medals in the single Olympics (including Bindra's gold and wrestler Sushil Kumar's bronze).

other impressive sport persons of india are

Akhil Kumar

Akhil Kumar fought like a lion to beat World champion Sergey Vodopyanov of Russia in the bantamweight pre-quarterfinals at the Workers’ Gymnasium here on Friday evening. Having announced that he was gunning for gold — and it did not matter whether he met the world No. 1 or anyone else along the way — the 27-year-old Indian boxer scored a memorable victory on Independence Day, though he gave his strong band of supporters an anxious time.

Akhil Kumar lost rather tamely to Veaceslav Gojan of Moldova, 3-10 in the quarterfinals of the bantamweight class, as the Indian contingent struggled to digest the disappointment of a missed medal in the boxing ring at the Worker’s Gymnasium

Jitender Kumar

Jitender Kumar (b.1977) is an Indian boxer who has medaled twice at Commonwealth Games.

Jitender Kumar, admitting himself a close friend of Akhil Kumar has defeated Uzbek rival Tulashboy Doniyorov by 13-6 in pre-quarterfinal of flyweight boxing (51kg) at the Workers Gymnasium. This youngster, who has just completed his teenage, did well in the match and, at no point of the match his opponent seemed matching Jitender’s stamina and punctuality of punches.

Sharing his experience with his boxing teammate Akhil, he happily said that Akhil is his friend, philosopher and guide, and he had helped him immensely in terms of morale. Also, Jitender considers that his style of fighting is similar to one of Akhil’s. He wishes to follow and emulate Akhil and in case of his winning a medal in Beijing, he will dedicate the same to him.

but lost in quarterfinals

Saina Nehwal

Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal was just one win away from ensuring another individual medal for India after she stunned fourth seed Chen Wang of Hong Kong to move into the quarterfinals of the women's singles badminton event at the Olympics on Monday.

Saina, ranked 15, defeated Wang 21-19, 11-21, 21-11 in a grueling pre-quarterfinal contest at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium there.

but lost in next match

effort to curb HIV/AIDS in India

Indian scenario, new trends, efforts to curbThe HIV/AIDS incidence in India is a cause of concern. About 4.58 million adults in the country are estimated to be infected with the disease. The infection is not just confined to high-risk groups and the trend is to spread from urban to rural communities. The government of India has given high priority to prevent the epidemic and several organisations are engaged in various activities.

The Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), with a network of 650 district branches, is in a unique position to curb the spread of the infection. Recently, the IRCS is piloting a project which is geared to supporting HIV+ women and pre-school children of HIV+ families, preventing the spread in communities and addressing stigma in the society. The projectThe project is in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu state. Namakkal is well known for truck industries, poultry and associated commercial activities. The truck drivers and the migrant casual workers, predominantly in the villages, are transmitting HIV infection to their women partners.

The project has three vital components, 'Care and Support' to HIV positive women and pre-school children of HIV positive families; 'Prevention' in the communities through self-help groups; and, 'Addressing Stigma' in the society in general. The community centre for the purpose caters children of HIV positive families as a play group centre; also, is a drop-in point for HIV+ women. Key features of the project are involvement of individuals of social importance, HIV+ staff, and forming self-help groups in villages. Lessons learnt: Although in its early stage, the pilot project is a good model to address HIV/AIDS. In order to reach communities, addressing stigma with innovative and multi-approach is vital.

The HIV prevalence is perhaps much higher than the recorded data. Conclusion The alarming trend of the spread in rural communities entails stepping up of programmes with comprehensive community approach.

Publication Types:

* Meeting Abstracts

Keywords:

* Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
* Adult
* Child
* Disease Outbreaks
* Female
* HIV Infections
* HIV Seropositivity
* Health Services
* Humans
* Incidence
* India
* Prevalence
* Red Cross
* Rural Population
* Societies
* trends

India on its 62nd Independence Day

India on its 62nd Independence Day

PM speech
"The nuclear agreement that we are negotiating with developed countries will end India's nuclear isolation," he said in a clear effort to present the deal not just as an agreement with the US but with leading powers of the world.

United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government is making a sincere endeavor to keep each of its promises made when it came to power four-and-half-years ago.
Addressing the nation on the occasion of India's 62nd Independence Day from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort, Dr. Singh said: We have given a new deal to rural India.

Greeting India on its 62nd Independence Day, President George W Bush said that the occasion reminds America of the "close ties" it shares with India.
"I send greetings to those celebrating the 61st anniversary of India's Independence," Bush said in a statement to the Indian-American community released through his Office of Public Liaison.


US Presidential candidate Barack Obama
on Thursday congratulated India on its 62nd Independence Day, saying the two countries should enjoy "strong relations" to protect their people from 21st century threats.

In a goodwill gesture, the Pakistan Government has reportedly decided to release 35 Indian nationals on the occasion of India's 62nd Independence Day on Friday.

Indians all over the world celebrated India Independence Day